Melanie Pain

Closely connected with Nouvelle Vague and Villeneuve, Mélanie Pain is really a French singer who made her solo album debut in ’09 2009 with My Name. Hailing from Aix-en-Provence, France, she cites affects offering Sonic Youngsters, the Smiths, Pixies, PJ Harvey, and Nick Drake. She 1st produced a name for herself like a vocalist within the M83 recording Dead Cities, Crimson Seas & Shed Ghosts (2003), performing on the tunes “COME ACROSS Blossoms,” “0078h,” and “Beauties Can Die.” The next yr she was presented on Nouvelle Vague (2004), the eponymous recording debut from the ’80s revival group led by Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux which she sang cover variations of P.We.L.’s “THIS ISN’T a Love Music” as well as the Undertones’ “Teenage Kicks.” For this same period, she collaborated with Benoît de Villeneuve on his full-length debut as Villeneuve, First Day (2005), which she sang a lot of the album’s tunes. Her collaborations continuing in following years, especially her nearer association with Nouvelle Vague. Within the group’s second recording, Bande ? Component (2006), she sang five tunes, included in this cover variations of Blondie’s “Center of Cup” and New Order’s “Blue Mon,” and on the third recording, 3 (2009), she sang a edition of Depeche Mode’s “Expert and Servant” alongside Martin Gore along with a edition of Echo & the Bunnymen’s “All My Colors” alongside Ian McCulloch. Upon putting your signature on towards the Parisian label Cinq 7, Discomfort produced her full-length solo debut in ’09 2009 with My Name, an record of folk-pop chansons sung both in British and French, many of them co-written by Villeneuve. “Ignore-moi” premiered being a promotional single.